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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
LA Police Protective League
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Los Angeles
Police Protective League
the union that represents the
rank and file LAPD officers
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
April 5, 2011 |
Gunman suspected of wounding LAPD officer found dead inside Sylmar home
A gunman who critically wounded a Los Angeles police officer was found dead Monday night inside his Sylmar home, where he had been holed up for nearly a day as authorities fired tear gas and used a hydraulic forklift to rip open the house. The standoff, which began early Monday after officers responded to a domestic violence call, ended when Sergio O. Salazar's body was found on the second floor with a rifle at his side, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
Los Angeles Times LAPPL Statement
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Grim Sleeper case: Eight more women could be victims of serial killer, LAPD says
Los Angeles police detectives are investigating the possibility that eight additional women were victims of the man accused of being the Grim Sleeper serial killer. Lonnie Franklin Jr. has already been indicted for 10 slayings of women in South Los Angeles stretching over more than two decades. He has been in custody awaiting trial since his arrest in July. In a statement previewing a news conference scheduled for Tuesday, LAPD detectives said they were turning to the public for help finding eight more women, all of whom are known to have had some connection with Franklin.
Los Angeles Times
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Three people, including a 4-year-old, injured by suspects' car in LAPD chase in South L.A.
Three people were injured, including a 4-year-old child, when suspects in a stolen vehicle smashed into two other cars in West Adams on Monday evening while being chased by Los Angeles police officers. The incident began shortly before 5 p.m. on Crenshaw Boulevard when officers saw the vehicle traveling about 60 mph, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The officers turned on their lights and siren and began pursuing the vehicle as it headed east on Adams Boulevard, the LAPD said.
Los Angeles Times |
Outrage grows over stadium beating
Outrage over the brutal beating of a San Francisco Giant fan at Dodger Stadium continued Monday, with officials from both cities -- and the Dodgers and Giants -- condemning the violence and calling for more fan civility. "This attack is unconscionable behavior that will not be tolerated in either of our ballparks or in either of our cities," Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, San Francisco Interim Police Chief Jeff Godown, San Francisco Giants Managing Partner Bill Neukom and Los Angeles Dodgers Owner Frank McCourt, said in a statement issued late this afternoon.
Torrance Daily Breeze |
Supreme Court reinstates death penalty for California killer
The Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the death penalty for convicted California murderer Scott Pinholster, in a fractured ruling that will make it difficult for other prisoners to win appeals in federal court. Imprisoned on San Quentin's death row after being convicted in 1984, Pinholster has been arguing for several decades that his trial attorneys were fatally incompetent. A federal judge and a federal appeals court agreed with the mentally distressed Southern California native, but a divided Supreme Court said that a federal law restricts what new evidence can be considered when hearing a challenge to state-run trials.
McClatchy Newspaper
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Jerry Brown hones budget message before hitting the road
After days of keeping a low profile, Gov. Jerry Brown will road-test his budget message in Sacramento on Tuesday, then take his call for continued tax increases to cities across California. Brown will speak to doctors at the California Medical Assn. on Tuesday morning, then meet with heads of the University of California and California State University systems and the chancellor of the state's community colleges.
Los Angeles Times |
Jerry Brown signs prison bill that remains unfunded
Gov. Jerry Brown signed budget legislation today to redirect certain offenders from state prisons to county jails, though he acknowledged in his signing message that the measure - part of his plan to shift responsibility for many state services to local governments - is hollow without funding. "Regrettably, the measure that would provide stable and constitutionally protected funding for public safety has not yet passed the Legislature," Brown wrote. "In the coming weeks, and for as long as it takes, I will vigorously pursue my plan to balance the State's budget and prevent reductions to public safety through a constitutional guarantee."
Sacramento Bee |
State budget crises push sentencing reforms
As costs to house state inmates have soared in recent years, many conservatives are reconsidering a tough-on-crime era that has led to stiffer sentences, overcrowded prisons and bloated corrections budgets. Ongoing budget deficits and steep drops in tax revenue in most states are forcing the issue, with law-and-order Republican governors and state legislators beginning to overhaul years of policies that were designed to lock up more criminals and put them away for longer periods of time.
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Deficits force Calif. to cut prison rehab programs
California has cut hundreds of millions of dollars from inmate rehabilitation programs during the past three years as it reduced its spending during the recession. An example of the reduced programs: The budget for adult rehabilitation programs was cut 36 percent to save $200 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2010. It was reduced to $364 million from $564 million the previous year.
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A no-no: Using red light cameras to raise money
Sen. Joe Simitian may want to be careful driving his state vehicle with its official "S 11" plate. That is, if legislation he is carrying becomes law. His bill, SB 29, would bar localities from considering "revenue generation" in deciding whether to install automated traffic enforcement systems - red light cameras, in most cases. "I don't think tickets should ever be given to raise revenues," said Simitian, D-Palo Alto..
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